The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-06

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SpauldiDg's testimony was not shaken.
| They were running slowly he said and
The track was all right the previous
dsy. He knew OF no Rruige that could
have been borne against him by any Of
/ the strikers There was q bitter feeling.
however, entertained by the strik rs
against the men At work. At the after
mon session g Jorge Fowler, the engi-
neer, teetih d substantially to the same
fleet as the cOnductOr. He also had ex-
amined the track and found 1t had been
tampsred with. There are rumors that
new evidence Of startling nature will be
| presented In . day or two.
| Ex-rOad Master Dalby Of the Missouri
Pacific also testified that he examined
| the track aud found that the spikes and
bolts had been removed. A crOwbsr was
j produced which was found near the track
after the wreck. Coroner Gray gave
some comparatively unimpOrtAnt testi-
mony which closed the days proceed
ings. Vassep, one Of the prisoners, will
i testify Tomorrow.
RECOVERING STOLEN MONEY.
Robert Plnkerton Ia still In this city.
To- night he is engaged In recovering
| more or the stolen money. II has been
found that q considerable amount was
distributed here among Cooks friends In
the east bottoms in sums ranging from
| $500 to 81 900. There has now been re-
Il
600 which was stolen. o. this amount
| S22 900 was obtained at LeAvenworth last
nignt.
| VALUABLE BEER BOTTLES.
/ The Plnkerton party did not leave to-
day tor st. Louis, a. was given out, but
all remained here, and in addition thereto
detective arrived from st. Louis to-day
bringing Oscar Cook. Witrock is accom-
panied by his mother. He and Cook
were taken to the Adams express office
i where q consultation was held. After
ward Detective McGinn, with Cook and
Mr.. Butler, the Adams express agent
here, took carriage and drove to the
house OF John Cox, where Cook boarded
| and Witrock stayed while in the city.
sOon returned with q half dozen beer
bottles, concealed In which were
found rolls of bank notes. Next
the home of Henry Cook, Oscars father,
/ was visited and under a frame house op-
/ pOsite, another nina Of bottles stuffed
with money was discOYered. Jack Cook,
| Oscars brother, was taxed with having
Sl,15O OF the money, aud becoming
alarmed, went 10 the cooper chop and
! brought back SSH, aging the rest had
been expended In house furniehinR and
| which he promised tn repay by mort
/ gagiog his house. The detectives be-
lieve that about doz- persons, friends
Of Cook and Witrock, in the
east bo toms, received money, some
borrowing it aud others knowing
where It had come from. The
detectives are getting this back from
| those having 1t, who are glad thus to es-
| cape punishment. IL is thought the de-
| tectives recovered about 3d. 900 here to-
day, which, with the S22 QUO obtained in
LeAvanw rth, $1,000 IN Tennesse
and 81 800 In Chic 60. leaves only &c.
i N M
ably 5000 has been spent by the guilty
/ parties. IL Is said thar doZ of Pink
| ertOn's men are in the city working up
the matter aud that some other arrests
will be made. Il is now learned that
Robert PinkertOn has been here most Of
The time during the past three weeks
| under an assumed nAme.
NO COMPROMISE.
An interview with X ebert Pinkerton
was obtained late tonight. In reply to
questions be said any person who re-
oeived money from Witrock and Cook
as loAns will be permitted TO settle, but
no compromise will be made with any
who had guilty knowledge Of the affair.
The men arrested, WittrGck, Hai4ht,
Cook, Weaver, Kinaey and Mrs. Haight
are all that are directly implicated in the
crime.
| KANSAS CITY, Dec. 30-In Hamilton's
irIal al wy anuoIte this morning, William
| Vassen. one of the accused, made q Gle ar
breast OF It, swearing to the circum-
stances Of the wTeckiDg of the rain as
they have been published. He testified
that Lloyd pulled the spikes aided BY
Newport, while Hamilton, Vassen and
Others stood guard.
VOesen ties flied that he went to the
Knights OF Labor hall In Kansas City,
Kas., on the night of April 25;h. a
dozen others dropped in during the even
ing TO get any news Of the sIrlke. About
IL O'Clock witness went back o second
time to the hall. Hamilton was display
ing himself to the party In a disguise Of
wig and clothes. Lloyd said to witness
"Are you going with US to-night?'
Witness asked: "Where? Lloyd re.
; piled: "Never mind where, come anC
go with u.s." Soon after all went dOwI
and took q drink. Then eight of tbs
; party, Hamilton, Lloyd, n 7wpOrt, Yeres
! Leary, Riggs, Warner and the witness Sc
, out together. The party separated int
two squads aud repaired 10 the river
crossing over on the bridge, Hamilton
wearing his disguise. When they reacheC
: the curve on the railroad track is Wa
about 2 O'Clock They halted and LloyC
. began 10 pull up the spikes. Witness
wanted them 10 go along II they must d.
the Job. He objected TO pulling thu
spikes on the curve for fear 1t would xii
the whole crew on the train. Lloyd sale
damn them; l want TO kali the whole
: crew. Hamilton and VOsseu then Wen
= further north and mouated guard, ant
: Gears and Ssary went 10 the other direc-
? ton. Riggs aud Warner iu the meantime
3 had deserted them. Several shots wer
fred at q passing train from the blu1
above just before they Set Il
work, and witness and Hamilton
wanted TO give the thing up but Lloyt
said it mus GO through. White, wit
3 ness and Hamilton standing guard
Lloyd came up and said the thing wa
done. Newport then threw the crowds
y into the river. Tue parry scattered 70
home and witness went To b. d. WitDes
: saw HsmiitOn u day or two later and III
y latter said, "be quiet; there are lots c
Pinkerton men around " The cross-ex
animation did not shake Voss, n's tesUi
moDy His appearance gave the i'm
: preston that he had been led into tb
). plot against his will, aud had now mad
y !, up bis mind TO tell the whole story juI
: as IL occurred.
II Vossen was questioned somewhat /,
n TO any possible foreknowledge OF II
= crime by members of the lodge In ger
q eral, bur nothing was elicited shown
Il that any persous were parties TO II e1
AZ Dept those already named. the test
mOny, however, indicates by inferent
that the matter had been talked about I
tlO8t VINO 0dppcucu 10 W. III luo hall {
the night in question. Hamilton's wi
m and little child are in attendance at Il
court, and the latter sat upon its father
"a knee during much II the day.
STEAMER DESTROYED BIZ FIRE.
NEW YORK. Dec 30 "A special fro
D. st. john, N. b, TO the Post says q
g. two-mAsted siesmer Sir John burned jU
n outside the bar Dor last night. The ii
I'd news WA brought in by . passiI
in schooner, which saw her on IRE. Searc
Nv ing parties started out, aud this mornil
a. found the crew of twenty men huddl
n together In the snow on the rocks
Ies Beck Point vi h their clothes frozen
he their bodies. They were suffering e
We ribly. Five are SO badly burned, inclu
"a log Captain PuTdy, that they cannot LIZ
~. john Sinclair, the steward, was drown
Ter while swimming ashore Tire Eeet {
ev on land BY line carried ashore by
ar captain. Loss en- s-eamer and car
zee e7o, 900.
IRE TIE hEsaAROa SCANDAL.
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